Participation and attendance
Track enrolment, attendance, retention and transitions between early learning, school, vocational study and tertiary education.
Policy area · education
Learning for life.
Opportunity for all.
Follow education decisions over roughly 2006–2026 from their rationale and funding through to participation, learning and life outcomes. Make clear which parts of the system are being compared and whose experience the measures represent.
Assessment status: Insufficient evidence. This overview identifies evidence needs; it does not yet rate governments or attribute outcomes to a policy.
What this page will assess
Learning and achievement
Use multiple learning measures over time and document changes in assessment, curriculum, cohort coverage and reporting.
Teachers and learning environments
Examine workforce supply, class and service capacity, school condition and access to specialist support across regions.
Equity, cost and pathways
Assess barriers, student and whānau costs, accessibility and pathways into further learning and work, disaggregated where sound data allows.
Actions and outcomes to document
For each government period, distinguish policy intent and announcements from funded, implemented changes and evaluated outcomes.
- Curriculum, assessment and qualification changesRecord the intended learning or pathway improvement, implementation timeline, transition arrangements and subsequent evaluation.
- Attendance and learner supportTrace attendance initiatives, pastoral and specialist support, and whether participation changed for the learners they aimed to reach.
- Teacher workforce and school capacityCompare recruitment, retention, training, class/service capacity and capital commitments with delivery and demand.
- Early learning, tertiary and vocational pathwaysTrack access, affordability, completion and transition into work or further study, noting differences in populations and measures.
Evidence to consult
Use source reports and data tables directly; include publication date, the learner population covered and any known breaks in series.
Source links are starting points, not citations for an outcome claim. Add exact supporting reports and explain the comparison method before reaching conclusions.